Pox : an American history / Michael Willrich.

By:

Willrich, Michael

Series: Penguin history of American lifePublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2011.Description: 422 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9781594202865
1594202869

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DDC classification:

614.5/210973 22

LOC classification:

RA644.S6 W55 2011

NLM classification:

WC 590

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Contents:

Beginnings -- The mild type -- Wherever Wertenbaker went -- War is health -- The stable and the laboratory -- The politics of tight spaces -- The antivaccinationists -- Speaking law to power.

Summary: Chronicles how America's Progressive Era war on smallpox sparked one of the twentieth century's leading civil liberties battles, describing the views and tactics of anti-vaccine advocates who feared an increasingly large government.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	NMC Library	Stacks	RA644 .S6 W55 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		33039001178325

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beginnings -- The mild type -- Wherever Wertenbaker went -- War is health -- The stable and the laboratory -- The politics of tight spaces -- The antivaccinationists -- Speaking law to power.

Chronicles how America's Progressive Era war on smallpox sparked one of the twentieth century's leading civil liberties battles, describing the views and tactics of anti-vaccine advocates who feared an increasingly large government.

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